Lot #: 74
Price Realized: $143.75
($125 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Possibly Unique Albany-Slip-Glazed Stoneware Jug, Inscribed "Octo. 15th 1841 / Doubtful", Signed "W.B. Edmands / 1841", Charlestown, MA, 1841, small-sized, cylindrical jug with semi-squared spout and Albany-slip-glazed surface, incised in script at the shoulder, "Octo. 15th 1841 / Doubtful", and on the underside, "W.B. Edmands / 1841". This jug is the only example of hand-signed example of Edmands stoneware we have seen. A long, tight Y-shaped line on side of jug. A small spout chip. Some in-the-firing chipping to bottom edge. H 8 1/2".
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